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Friday, August 27, 2010

I know that I should be posting actual blog entries (and, I will, eventually...)

But, I've been busy.

On the 25th, I drove up to Columbus to be there when a good friend of mine gave birth. She wanted an intervention-free hospital birth. The hospital labeled her "extreme" and she needed some advocates to be by her side.

She ended up going into active labor that very night at 11.30pm. Her doula had an emergency and I ended up stepping into the role (don't worry, I'm qualified). She labored at home and made it to the hospital just in time to push... literally. She gave birth to her daughter on a stretcher, in the middle of the hallway on the way to L&D. The mom said things ended up perfectly. Although a hallway wasn't her "ideal" place to give birth, she avoided every single intervention possible, caught her own daughter, and she can safely say she labored at home for as long as she possibly could! I don't want to tell her story, especially since she hasn't told it yet, so I'll just let the photos speak for now.